Online reports of these celebrities’ deaths have been greatly exaggerated.
Like to Brag on Facebook or Twitter? That’s Because Self-Disclosure Is like Eating and Sex, Says Study
We love talking about ourselves, we really do — that’s what a group of Harvard neuroscientists found while testing the theory that we’re big on self-disclosure, anyway. In fact, say the scientists, we love self-disclosure so …
Twitter’s Promise: Unexpected Sanity in the Patent Mess
Adam Messinger, Twitter’s top engineer, has blogged about a new concept that the company plans to implement and advocate for. It calls it the Innovator’s Patent Agreement:
The IPA is a new way to do patent assignment that keeps
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Twitter Hates Spam Too, Finally Brings Lawsuit Against ‘Bad Actors’
Tired of Twitter spam? So is Twitter. So tired, in fact, that they’ve released their legal hounds to run down several of the worst spam-tastic perps. Does this mean we can finally stop using all those clumsy, fidgety, …
Alternate Universe: Twitter Invented in the ’80s, Facebook in the ’90s
Exciting times, friends: Behold the future, as if it happened in the past – and by “future” I mean “present” instead.
If Twitter would have been invented in the 80s. [Squirrel-Monkey.com]
Startup Turns Tweets into Toilet Paper for $9 a Roll
Cue the jokes about the disposable nature of social media: A new service called “S—ter” (the actual name is usually displayed in full, adult-level parlance) is offering to print your Twitter feed on a roll of toilet …
The 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2012
TIME’s social media editor Allie Townsend & social media associate Amy Lombard pick the 140 Twitter feeds that are shaping the online conversation in 2012. Let us know what you think of our choices, using hashtag #Twitter140.
SXSW: The Man Who Live-Tweeted the Bin Laden Raid
South by Southwest Interactive may be bursting at the seams with serious Twitter users, but as far as I know, there’s only one guy here who made history on Twitter — and he came to Austin all the way from Abbottabad, Pakistan. …
The Twidiot Box: How Do You Use Twitter with TV?
I’m en route to Austin, Tex., where on Sunday I’ll be speaking on a South by Southwest panel, Arts Criticism 140 Characters at a Time, about how Twitter and other social media have affected critics. My answer, in a word: immensely.
via The Twidiot Box: How Do You Use Twitter With TV? | Entertainment | TIME.com.
Age Limits for Twitter Followers? New Platform Offers Booze Barrier
“Miller High Life — The Champagne of Beers!” Remember that one? Or how about “Schaefer – It’s the One Beer to Have When You’re Having More than One!” (Translation: Let’s get drunk!) Sound like the sort of message you want …
Promoted Tweets Coming Soon to Your Mobile App Timeline
Twitter is bringing promoted tweets to the timelines of those of us using the company’s official iPhone and Android apps. Until now, you may have noticed promoted tweets in the trends and search sections of those apps, and in …
Twitter Makes Your Old Tweets Available to Advertisers
U.K.-based Datasift is now selling “historical” tweets to advertisers willing to shell out at least $1,000. In this case, “historical” refers to tweets sent out by users as far back as two years ago, which, to be fair, did all …
